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Time is not the same everywhere in space. On Mars, it flows on average 477 microseconds more each Earth day (24h) than on ...

Gravity and motion make time pass faster on Mars than Earth, reshaping navigation, communication, and future crewed missions.

Right now, as a passenger on planet Earth, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. But why can't you feel it?

By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

Gravity, the force that keeps everything anchored to Earth, is predictable, at least most of the time. But there are places around the world where this fundamental law of nature seems to defy itself.

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

Being on the surface of a sizable planet moving at high speed through space, spinning around a yellow star and on its axis, ...

Scientists find that time on Mars runs 477 microseconds faster than on Earth, a discovery that could enhance deep-space communication and future exploration ...

A fresh analysis of readings from Titan suggests the Saturnian moon doesn't have enough liquid water for an ocean, but maybe ...

Clocks tick faster on Mars than they do on Earth, in part because Mars experiences less gravitational pull from the Sun. Now scientists have calculated just how much faster -- 477 microseconds, on ...

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